The technical requirements of AUKUS, and the time strictures and innovation challenges laid out in the defence strategic review, all implicitly increase the demands on Australia’s defence industry. How can the government most effectively support …
In the US, the ‘Washington consensus’ of fiscal stringency, deregulation, trade liberalisation and disdain for industry support is dead. It was killed by a new politics capitalising on the anger of a hollowed-out middle class, …
Kevin Andrews remembers well his concern when, as defence minister, he was briefed on developments that signalled a major turning point in Australia’s relationship with China. When Xi Jinping stood on the White House lawn …
Despite negative perceptions about the Collins-class submarine project, the six boats now in service with the Royal Australian Navy are regarded as among the world’s best diesel-electric submarines. While the project faced major delays and …
The defence strategic review brings into sharp focus the challenges faced by Australia with respect to strategic policy, defence planning and resourcing over the coming decades. Its discussion of recruitment and retention of personnel for …